Visitors programme Ukraine: cultural managers and policymakers

After our successful first visitors programme for Ukrainian museum directors in February, DutchCulture is pleased to welcome professionals from Ukraine once again.

The Russian invasion is targeted at the destruction and negation of Ukraine's independent cultural identity, history, and heritage in all its forms. Therefore, it is crucial to support the Ukrainian cultural sector, not only financially but also through knowledge exchange and building sustainable networks.

As a consequence, DutchCulture will host five high-level policymakers and cultural managers from Ukraine for a week-long visitors programme. We have invited colleagues from organizations that play a pivotal role in preserving and developing Ukraine's cultural ecosystem, including representatives from the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, the Ukrainian Institute, the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Research, and the Ukrainian Book Institute. They will visit the Netherlands for inspiration, capacity building, and knowledge exchange with the Dutch cultural sector.

As always, DutchCulture has prepared a carefully tailored programme based on the participants' specific interests and requests. Among their areas of interest are gaining a deeper understanding of the Dutch cultural system, cultural policy-making, the functioning of Dutch national funds, cultural legislation and the Codes of Good Governance, Inclusion and Diversity, and Fair Practice.

• Solomiya Borshosh, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Institute
• Luiza Moroz, Head of the Creative Industries' Development Unit at the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Research
• Vladyslav Berkovski, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation
• Olena Odynoka, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Book Institute
• Maria Olshanska, Chief Specialist of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the State Policy Formation Department at the Ministry of Culture and Information of Ukraine

For this occasion, author Jaap Scholten has written a personal and deeply moving story on the role of art & culture in times of war.

Do you want to know more about this programme or about working with Ukraine? Please contact our Advisor Central and Eastern Europe Tijana Stepanovic.